As inky marveled at the Utopia, the old man picked him up, princess style and brought his injured withered body to a small building the size of a NYC $2000 apartment.

as the duo entered the building the scene around them changed into an endless ocean with the on a raft, soon the old man brought the child to the side of the raft where he then crouched down, and gently lowered inky into the light blue water.

as the old man let go of inky his body floated lightly on the surface as a green glow surrounded him coddling him diligently, soon inky’s wounds began to heal and his mind felt a certain rejuvenation.

But moments after word the water gripped his body tightly and violently pulled him under the water he desperately tried fighting the volition of the seas but his under-matured body was no match for the giant as he was plunged deep into the amethyst clear water he realized that fighting was useless so he tried to hold his breath hoping that the old man would pull him out of the titans grasp.

1 second … 2 seconds … 3 seconds … 15 … 20 … 30 try as he might he couldn’t hold back anymore his instincts took the wheel as he gasped for air at which a realization struck him.

he could breath.

He could breath in the water.

Soon he looked around in curiosity and when he looked down he was shocked.

the water was only as deep as 10 feet 🦶 🇺🇸🏈 as inky swam to the bottom the sea no longer halting him he touched the bottom from which his upper body was sucked downwards? And gravity flipped. He soon realized that he was in the sky as he looked down he saw a vacant raft as well as a copy of the sea but instead of the clear water his had this one had pitch black water? For a liquid with little sparkles shimmering inside he swiftly ran up to confirm his theory.

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as he touched the top of the water the gravity rotated and he was in his former state but instantly of laid back he was stood upwards? When he looked he saw what formerly looked to be a bright sky in a new light. He looked at the old man with a glimmer in his eyes at which the old man smiled.

after inky was healed the old man picked up the young man. The waters of the glimmering sea swiftly returned to their father resulting in inky being dry.

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as inky followed the old man with renewed respect, he saw various other individuals exiting the building all of which saluted the old man as he brought the boy to another place this time a magnificent castle in the skies.

the old man brought out a old staff and spoke a few words after which two sparks flew of of the staff and connected to their chests.

soon they began drilling towards his heart.

when the bug like sparks met his heart his entire body along with his clothes exploded into a sea of orbs.

soon the orbs began floating high into the sky then landed on the castle. the small bright yellow orbs arranged themselves afterwards the two males were formed again. The whole process was painless and even quite cool to inky.

when the two landed of the majesties doorstep the old man seemed to look up for unknown reasons. Soon the boy was infront of a normal looking door, when he entered he saw a lab looking setting with a table in the middle that looked odd.

the old man then motioned for him to lay on the table which he did soon the old man began operating a machine that released three glowing cubes with one green, one yellow, one red, and two purple. All the cubes rearranged themselves in the order 💚💜💛💜❤️ with green starting at his upper chest and red ending with his lower, they then entered inky’s body and formed into letters which seemed strangely familiar to him. Soon the letter stopped glowing and settled.

”Hello there” he finally heard the first words of an otherworlder.